Author, historian,
lecturer, and professor of history. Transcripts, 1554-1814 and undated, from Spanish
archives, correspondence, notes and drafts of articles and speeches; newspaper
clippings. The collection relates to Shepherd's activities in Spain while
collecting data for his Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in
Spanish Archives (1907). Much of the same material was later photocopied for the
Library of Congress.